Long Ton
type: Unit
description: Long ton (weight ton or imperial ton) is the name for the unit called the "ton" in the avoirdupois or Imperial system of measurements, as used in the United Kingdom and several other Commonwealth countries. One long ton is equal to 2,240 pounds (1,016 kg), 1.12 times as much as a short ton, or 35 cubic feet (0.9911 m3) of salt water with a density of 64 lb/ft3 (1.025 g/ml). It has some limited use in the United States, most commonly in measuring the displacement of ships, and was the unit prescribed for warships by the Washington Naval Treaty 1922-for example battleships were limited to a mass of 35,000 long tons (36,000 t; 39,000 short tons).
applicable system: IMPERIAL
conversion multiplier: 1016.0469088
conversion multiplier SN: 1.0160469088E3
defined unit of system: IMPERIAL
exact match: TON UK
has dimension vector: A0E0L0I0M1H0T0D0
has quantity kind: Mass
iec61360 code: 0112/2///62720#UAB009
informative reference: https://cdd.iec.ch/cdd/iec62720/iec62720.nsf/Units/0112-2---62720%23UAB009
informative reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_ton
scaling of: KiloGM
symbol: t{long}
ucum code: [lton_av]
unece common code: LTN
unit for quantity kind: Mass
wikidata match: Q667419